Rutgers running back Kordell Young (8) of West Deptford, shown in 2006 vs. Louisville, refuses to call it a career in football despite suffering his fourth major knee injury last December.

Written by

KEITH SARGEANT
For the Courier-Post

They've combined for 1,950 all-purpose yards in their time at Rutgers, but Kordell Young -- a West Deptford High School graduate -- and Mason Robinson are starting over this spring.

Although both have started at running back, Young and Robinson are competing for something different now. Each would settle for a chance to contribute in even the slightest way, because it would mean they've recovered from major knee injuries.

"I wasn't expecting to be out this long," said Robinson, who tore his anterior-cruciate ligament on the first series of Rutgers' season-opening loss to Cincinnati last ...